Soumaya
30. March 2011 | 22:10Soumaya Museum: Move over, Mr Getty
It was no small party in Mexico City the other evening. What else would you expect when the host is Carlos Slim Helu, the richest man in the world by a wider margin than ever according to the latest Forbes billionaires list - that would be $74bn in his account - and the occasion is the inauguration of a new museum to display his personal art collection. No wonder guests included the likes of … (News Source: Independent - 23:21:59)
World’s Richest Man Opens His Soumaya Museum In Mexico City
Carlos Slim joins a small club of billionaires with their own museums. (News Source: Forbes - 21:28:52)
Mexican billionaire’s art museum to open to public
MEXICO CITY - THE new Mexico City museum of the world’s richest man, Mr Carlos Slim, opens its doors Tuesday, giving the public a glimpse of a collection of more than 66,000 works of art. The Soumaya Museum, named after Mr Slim’s late wife, draws on works of mainly Mexican and European art, including Rodin, Cezanne, Renoir and Leonardo Da Vinci, as well as coins and documents from the 16th … (News Source: Straits Times - 02:38:15)
I’ve stopped being fussy, says world’s wealthiest person
Mexico City, March 30 (IANS/EFE) Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim, who is ranked by Forbes magazine as the wealthiest person in the world, said he was no longer as capricious and did not lose sleep when deciding what work to add next to his 66,000-piece art collection. (News Source: IANS India Private Limited via Yahoo! India News - 04:09:13)
Mexican billionaire’s art museum to open to public
The new Mexico City museum of the world’s richest man, Carlos Slim, opens its doors Tuesday, giving the public a glimpse of a collection of more than 66,000 works of art. (News Source: AFP News via Yahoo! Singapore News - 16:07:56)
I don’t lose sleep on art collection anymore: Carlos Slim
Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim, who is ranked by Forbes magazine as the wealthiest person in the world, said he was no longer as capricious and did not lose sleep. (News Source: The Economic Times - 05:46:00)
The Independent (UK) 03/28/11
The New Richest Museum In The World? It’s Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim’s new Soumaya Museum. “It would take four more museums of the same size to house the entire collection of Mr Slim’s conglomerate, Grupo Carso. It includes 70,000 pieces that span almost 10 centuries.” (News Source: Arts Journal - 15:16:59)
Mexican billionaire’s art museum to open to public
The new Mexico City museum of the world’s richest man, Carlos Slim, opened its doors Tuesday, giving the public a glimpse of a collection of more than 66,000 works of art. (News Source: AFP Relax via Yahoo! Singapore News - 15:00:34)
Morocco: website gives new twist to arranged marriages
A Moroccan looks at an internet page of a marriage dating site in Rabat. Photo courtesy: AFP CASABLANCA, March 26, 2011 (AFP) - Marriage in Morocco has an increasingly changing face these days as young men and women in search of lifetime partners head for the souk, in this case a “cyber” marriage souk. (News Source: Sin Chew Jit Poh - 05:23:54)
Website gives new twist to ‘arranged’ marriages
Marriage in Morocco has an increasingly changing face these days as young men and women in search of lifetime partners head for the souk, in this case a “cyber” marriage souk. (News Source: New Sabah Times - 01:24:53)
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